Kelly McKnight: Venus to Adonis

I am wrentsavaged in two –the mind taken leave andleft only the craven sense

lover Adonis, willow-radiant anemonemy heart takes its rest in youI no longer pace the steppes along the shore –the hot rocks waste their fire on me

what has the boar wrought with that stinging tusk?for he has gored your heart unto mine,tender flesh of generations yoked together –pliant, blood-filled rubies severednow cast out on a single purple ship

all that's left for this feast of eyesis wind over shaded grove of anemoneand the nectar of your bloodsoaked into earth